It is not shameful to be out alone in public. It's actually quite liberating to do things on your own...your time, your choices. Going to movies alone is fanfantastic. I also prefer shopping alone—much faster than having to wait for/keep track of a friend. Independence is a good thing.

Wait....you went from “I am a genuinely nice person” to “I may not be nice at all” in a matter of 19 minutes? Lawyer.

I had that very picture—ripped out of a magazine (most likely Tiger Beat), thumb-tacked to my sweet little junior high bedroom wall <3